Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8826 حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الشَّعْبِيُّ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَقِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَصَارَعَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْجِنِّيُّ عَاوِدْنِي فَعَاوَدَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ ضَئِيلًا شَحِيبًا كَأَنَّ ذُرَيِّعَتَيْكَ ذُرَيِّعَتَا كَلْبٍ فَكَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ أَوْ أَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي مِنْهُمْ لَضَلِيعٌ وَلَكِنْ عَاوِدْنِي الثَّالِثَةَ فَإِنْ صَرَعْتَنِي عَلَّمْتُكَ شَيْئًا يَنْفَعُكَ فَعَاوَدَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ قَالَ هَاتِ عَلِّمْنِي قَالَ هَلْ تَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَهَا فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ خَبَجٌ كَخَبَجِ الْحِمَارِ لَا يَدْخُلُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَنْ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ قَالَ فَعَبَسَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَنْ يَكُونُ هُوَ إِلَّا عُمَرُ ؓ
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: A man from the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, met a man from the jinn and wrestled him. The human threw him. The jinni said: 'Wrestle me again.' He wrestled him again and threw him. The human said: 'I see you are scrawny and thin, as if your forearms are the forearms of a dog. Is that how all of you jinn are, or are you one of the weaker ones?' The jinni said: 'No, by Allah, among them I am indeed strong. But wrestle me a third time - if you throw me, I will teach you something beneficial.' He wrestled him and threw him. He said: 'Teach me.' The jinni asked: 'Do you recite Ayat al-Kursi?' He said: 'Yes.' The jinni said: 'You will never recite it in a house except that the devil will leave it making a sound like a donkey's bray, and will not enter until morning.' A man asked: 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, who was that man from the Companions of Muhammad?' Abdullah frowned, turned to him, and said: 'Who could it be other than Umar, may Allah be pleased with him?'